Knowing myself maybe one of the most important steps in being a Christian business leader. God’s people do not live dichotomous lives. We are not one person at home or church and a different person at work. We realize that we are new creatures with a God focused purpose.
The first principle we will look at is the Biblical fact that we are stewards, administrators of a life we hold in trust from God. It is not my life, my work, or my purpose but the Lord’s.
Stewardship-Administration, Given a Trust
As a business leader you forge the future for yourself and many others. As a believer you must first recognize that you are not your own. Your career, your business, your employees all belong to God. You are simply administrating resources on loan to you. It is God that sets up or puts down. He decides our progress and promotion. How can I legitimately not recognize His ownership of me and everything I do?
The talents and abilities I have come from God. My time is in His hand. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. How can I possibly manage my business without acknowledging who I am and what He has called me to do.
My values must be aligned with Biblical principles, the people that God places under my authority, and my family. Principle number one is Stewardship. It is that God owns everything. I must be found faithful in how I serve.
You realizing that you belong to Jesus and all you do you for Him will change it all. This will truly forge a better future for your employees, your family, and you.